Kyaw Htay Oo, a naturalized American citizen, reportedly returned to his country of birth in 2017 and was arrested and held on terrorism charges last year.
Myanmar's military-controlled government announced Thursday it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat.
The military government of Myanmar announced that it will release 5,774 prisoners, four of them from other countries. The release marks a step toward justice, but there are still thousands of people imprisoned in Myanmar on political charges.
’88 student leader Ko Mya Aye, NLD spokesperson Dr. Myo Nyunt, writer Maung Tha Cho, monk Shwe Nyawa Sayadaw and ex-NLD minister U Kyaw Tint Swe were among those freed.
BANGKOK Myanmar s military-controlled government released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American on Thursday as part of a broad prisoner amnesty that also freed